LEWISTON — Officials from Maine jails, law enforcement, legal system and advocacy groups told a state advisory committee Wednesday that Maine’s psychiatric hospital and county jails are overcrowded, underfunded and under-equipped to meet the needs of people with mental illnesses. The Maine Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights held a daylong public […]
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Maine youth prison lays off nearly half its teachers, hires Commissioner of Corrections’ daughter
PORTLAND, Maine — Layoffs at Maine’s juvenile prison have left the school that serves its young inmates without qualified teachers for a number of subjects, including math. Prison officials said budget uncertainty forced them to cut educators, who they acknowledge play a key role in improving the behavior of inmates, but they also recently hired […]
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Youth corrections head resigns after being placed on leave
SOUTH PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s corrections commissioner says the administrator of the state’s youth correctional facility resigned over the weekend, after he was placed on administrative leave pending an investigation. Jeffrey Merrill, who headed the day-to-day operations at Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland, had been placed on leave last Wednesday. Merrill says […]